An alternative would be storing aspirins, a tea bag, change, a receipt and even a subway card. It’s the perfect place to stash a bunch of business cards – extremely efficient in business meetings, on planes (one never knows when opportunity arises, right?) or at VIP clubs. However, you will find that this pocket which, to be honest, does add an extra kick to any suit or sports jacket, also makes functional sense today. Many modern guys still love that British-dandy vibe they get from an impeccable suit and feel the need to spice up their sartorial excellence with such details. Men with a penchant for style and sophistication will always like a jacket that offers a little visual variety and sets them apart from the usual two-pocket look. Even if it’s a British detail, nowadays one can find it on Italian or American suits as well. It looks sharp and can be a good conversation starter, especially with neophytes who want to know more about it. Its main function is as a fashion statement that shows high style IQ. Today the extra side pocket is not a necessity anymore. Tailors started to receive requests for a special pocket made exclusively for this purpose, which eased everyone’s lives (train staff included).
As men found it annoying to go through all their pockets in search of their precious train tickets, the ticket pocket became their natural solution. Ticket pockets were a staple on men’s sturdy country suits before they adapted into the urban suits men wore to commute on a daily basis.ĭuring the Industrial Revolution train travel boomed with men making daily trips to the country or to the city for work. Allowing gentlemen to keep their jackets buttoned, this exterior pocket held cash in an extremely convenient way. It became useful before the huge popularity of the railroad, as it was placed on the jackets of equestrians who needed quick access to coins at toll points. At first it wasn’t even used to store a ticket, as the name indicates today. The ticket pocket, also known as change pocket, has an old British history. It is normally roughly half as wide as the pocket below it.
Either way, the ticket pocket is anything but a fad.įor the uninitiated, the ticket pocket is the small flapped or jetted pocket (occasionally, it can be patch, straight, or on a hacking angle), religiously placed just above the right main hip pocket on a men’s jacket. On the other hand, you might be already sporting it with a mysterious dandy air. You might have seen it already and wondered about it.
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